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Software Engineering in Today’s Cars

One of my domain focus areas from an engineering services perspective is auto infotainment and telematics technologies. Recently, I came across an interesting article on IEEE Spectrum Online titled This Car Runs on Code. It gives a very good perspective on the amount of software and complexities associated with engineering today’s leading cars. It takes [...]

The (in)famous RIP ppt from Sequoia Capital on startups & economic downturn

Sequoia Capital, arguably the smartest venture capital investor in business, is sounding the alarm and asking its portfolio companies to buckle down for what could be the worst economic downturn of their relatively short lives. read the story at GigaOM. The now infamous ppt: Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn View SlideShare presentation [...]

Global Software Engineering: Benefits of Outsourcing

One of the things that I try to tell folks who are interested in doing software product engineering globally is to consider the well established benefits outsourcing can bring to the table in conjunction with own teams local & global. In this context I came across this article titled “Leveling the Developer Field” by Michael [...]